10 things you need to know today: November 27, 2019

House Judiciary Committee invites Trump to its first impeachment hearing, Trump blasts impeachment inquiry during Florida rally, and more

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1. House Judiciary Committee invites Trump to impeachment hearing

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent President Trump a letter inviting him to participate in the panel's first impeachment hearing, set for Dec. 4. The committee's chair, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), said he told Trump in the letter that the committee's rules allow his counsel to question witnesses. "The president has a choice to make: He can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process," Nadler said in a statement. "I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other presidents have done before him." The House is examining whether Trump improperly pushed Ukraine to launch investigations that might benefit him politically.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.